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Article: Food Network Cooking Up Success
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- January 18, 2001
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SETH SUTEL, AP Business Writer
AP Online
01-18-2001
Food Network Cooking Up Success
NEW YORK (AP) -- When the Food Network started out in 1993, cooking shows weren't considered hot TV fare, and chefs weren't celebrities. Studious cooks watched Julia Child and the Galloping Gourmet truss chickens, but cooking as entertainment had not yet arrived.
Now, bad-boy chef Emeril Lagasse is practically everywhere, along with Mario Batali, Ming Tsai, ``Iron Chef'' and the various other cultural creations birthed by Food Network, which has gone far beyond its humble beginnings to become a scrappy success story.
Along the way, Food Network also became a meal ticket for its majority owner, the venerable ...